]]>By: 950003cupshttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2014/06/19/devils-re-sign-sislo-two-years-1-1-million/comment-page-1/#comment-343499
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:05:51 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2333924#comment-343499Fayne is scratched because he’s paid the least. It sounds like a dumb idea, but that’s Lamoriello in a nutshell. Countless games could’ve been won until Salvador had made big mistakes and either cost us the lead or cost us the game. I know of at least 5 games where he’s been directly responsible for goals or indirectly by causing a turnover which kept the puck in the zone which eventually ended up in the back of our net.

Some games we lost, some went to SO’s and obviously lost those.

Fayne can’t be calculated on the star sheet. He’s not great, but he’s a much better asset than Salvador. I’d put him at most as a 2nd pairing dman. Depending on the opposing team.

]]>By: nj666http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2014/06/19/devils-re-sign-sislo-two-years-1-1-million/comment-page-1/#comment-343477
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:41:55 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2333924#comment-343477you dont put in a defenseman in the lineup to score goals. Fayne is a shutdown defenseman who faced the toughest competition of other teams’ first lines. The fact that he was horribly mis managed by pdb at the beginning of the season due to having way too many dmen doesn’t hold much ground, because once he was in the lineup he stayed. He was in the lineup well before Salvador was hurt and was on IR so Salvador being in/out of the lineup had nothing to do with Fayne’s play. If we’re judging good play based on minutes than Bryce Salvador is on the same level as Ryan Sutter… Merrill is a n offensive defenseman so him putting up that many points in 20 less games isn’t surprising, but I watched Merrill get burned many times by opposing forwards. Gelinas and Merrill showed flash but thats only from half a season. Fayne has shown consistency for about three seasons now. It isn’t worth the gamble to toss away a proven shutdown d-man who will be a low cap hit. I laugh at the terrible numbers part as If the whole team were racking up goals last season.
]]>By: thecheemanhttp://nhl.nbcsports.com/2014/06/19/devils-re-sign-sislo-two-years-1-1-million/comment-page-1/#comment-343468
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:18:51 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2333924#comment-343468besides your own opinion please feel free to grace us all with your justification of why Fayne is our 2nd best defenseman. I don’t have advances stats at hand but if they tell a story that says Fayne is closer to being good than sucking, I’d be happy to see it.

Here’s what I’ve got from NHL.com
7th on the Devils in TOI/G: so i guess the coaches don’t like playing their 2nd best defenseman much
9th on the Devils in +/-: i know it’s a flawed stat but it’s there
T-4th on Devils in points: ELEVEN big points in 72 games. Should be noted that Merrill had the same amount of points in 20 less games.

So please explain why he’s good. I watch the Devils and I don’t see him bringing anyhing to the table. He’s not usually glaringly awful but most of the time he’s just kind of there. No reason to pay a guy just to be there when you can pay younger guys with upside just to be there who might get better from the development.

Fayne is 27 and he still gets healthy scratched. If Salvador didn’t miss half the year then Fayne would have been healthy scratched all those games.

Also he put up these terrible numbers this year playing with the Devils best defenseman in Greene. Not encouraging.

]]>By: nj666http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2014/06/19/devils-re-sign-sislo-two-years-1-1-million/comment-page-1/#comment-343453
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:36:46 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2333924#comment-343453wow you clearly don’t know or watch the devils. He and Greene were the best 2 defensemen on the team. It’s laughable you think he on the same level as Urbom. If you watched the devils last season, you’d know that the rookies still aren’t able to put up top D minutes. But please remain ignorant. If fayne went to another team and continued to play like he does, you’ll probably be the first one here complaining about how Lou doesn’t lock up quality home grown players with UFA status.
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Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:27:49 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2333924#comment-343438Salvador, Volchenkov, Merrill, Gelinas, Zidlicky, Greene, Larsson, Harrold, Fayne

Assume they buy out Volchenkov but not Salvador. I still don’t ever want Fayne playing. Is there a difference between Fayne and Urbom?